Roxana Mandisen, LCSW

About

Clinical Social Work/Therapist in Los Angeles, CA. Works with Anxiety, Coping Skills and Depression. Sees clients online only. Takes Aetna, Cigna, Kaiser Permanente and other plans. Accepting new clients.

Areas of expertise

• Anxiety
• Coping Skills
• Depression
• Anger Management
• Life Transitions
• Peer Relationships
• Relationship Issues
• Self Esteem
• Stress Management

Types of therapy

• Behavioral Activation
• Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)A structured, practical therapy that looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions affect each other, and teaches skills for changing unhelpful thinking and habits.
• Cognitive Processing (CPT)A structured therapy for PTSD that helps people examine and change beliefs about themselves and the world that formed after a trauma.
• EMDREye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. A structured trauma therapy in which a person recalls distressing memories while following side-to-side eye movements or taps.
• GestaltFocuses on the here and now, and on noticing what a person is feeling and doing in the moment, often through experiments such as role-play.
• Gottman MethodA couples therapy built on research into what makes relationships last. Works on friendship, handling conflict and shared meaning.
• ImagoA couples therapy that uses structured conversations to help partners see how childhood experiences shape their conflicts, and to reconnect.
• Internal Family Systems (IFS)Sees the mind as made of different 'parts', and helps people understand and care for them from a calm, compassionate core 'Self'.
• InterpersonalA structured, time-limited therapy focused on relationships and life events, such as conflict, loss or big role changes, and how they affect mood.
• Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT)
• NarrativeHelps people separate themselves from their problems and retell the stories they hold about their lives in ways that feel truer and more helpful.
• PsychoanalyticThe tradition that began with Freud. Explores unconscious thoughts and feelings, often through free association, sometimes with several sessions a week.
• Trauma FocusedTherapy for people affected by trauma. Puts safety and pacing first, and helps process painful memories so they have less hold on daily life.

More details

Sessions

Online only

Accepting new clients

Yes

Specialties

Anxiety, Coping Skills, Depression, Addiction, Anger Management, Codependency, Infertility, Life Transitions, Peer Relationships, Relationship Issues, Self Esteem, Spirituality, Stress, Women's Issues

Insurance

Aetna, All Savers, Allegiance, Allied, Anthem, Arlo (Cigna), Ascension SmartHealth, Benefit and Risk Management, Centivo, Cigna and Evernorth, Cigna Health Plans (A2), Coastal TPA, Create, Curative, Employee Benefit (EBMS), Evry Health, First Health, Government Employees Health Association (GEHA), Group and PensionAdministrator, Health Net of California, Kaiser (NorthernCA) Commercial, Kaiser (NorthernCA) Medicaid, Kaiser (Out-of-Network), Kaiser (SouthernCA) Commercial, Kaiser (SouthernCA) Medicaid, Kaiser Permanente (NorthernCA), MagnaCare, Managed Health Network (MHN), Medica, Meritain Health, Nippon Life Benefits, Optum, Oscar Health, Oxford, Pinnacle Claims Management, Sharp Health Plan, Sidecar Health, Sierra Health | SHL, Surest, Trustmark Benefits, United Medical Resources (UMR), UnitedHealthcare Student Resources, UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH, UPMC Health Plan, USC PPO / EPO Plan, Ventura County Health CarePlan, WebTPA, Western Growers Insurance, Western Health Advantage

Fees

Individual sessions $150, couple sessions $165

Payment methods

American Express, Discover, Health Savings Account, Visa

Ages

Adults

Works with

Individuals, Couples

Languages

English

Gender

Female

Education

San Jose State University

Education & qualifications